Useful Links

Government Services

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra): www.defra.gov.uk
• Department for Transport (DfT): www.dft.gov.uk
• Directgov: www.direct.gov.uk (Government information and services online)
• The People's Network: www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk (Online Services from Public Libraries)
• Trading Standards: www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
• UK Parliament: www.parliament.uk

Finance

• Consumer Credit Counselling Service: www.cccs.co.uk
• Equifax: www.equifax.co.uk (Credit reference agency)
• Experian: www.experian.co.uk (Credit reference agency)
• Money Claim Online: www.moneyclaim.gov.uk (Her Majesty's Courts Service Internet based service for making or responding to a money claim)
• XE.com: www.xe.com (free online currency conversion)

Translation Tools

• Babel Fish Translation: www.babelfish.altavista.com (Free online language translation)
• Google Language Tools: www.google.co.uk/language_tools?hl=en (Free online web page translation and foreign language search)

Internet and Computers

• Get Safe Online: www.getsafeonline.org (Sponsored by Government and leading businesses to help you protect yourself against Internet threats)
• Trendmicro.com Housecall: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp (Free online check for PC viruses)

Safety

• British Standards Institute www.bsi.org.uk
• Council for Registered Gas Installers: www.trustcorgi.com
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Fireworks Safety Campaign: www.berr.gov.uk/fireworks
• Health and Safety Executive: www.hse.gov.uk
• UK Firework Safety: www.fireworksafety.co.uk

Travel

• The Automobile Association: www.theaa.com
• BikeSafe: www.bikesafe.co.uk
• Department for Transport (DfT): www.dft.gov.uk
• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: www.dvla.gov.uk
• London Transport: www.londontransport.co.uk
• Multimap: www.multimap.com
• RAC: www.rac.co.uk
• THINK! Road Safety: www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk
• The TrainLine.com: www.thetrainline.com
• TyreSafe: www.tyresafe.org

Miscellaneous

• BT Online Phone Directory: www.bt.com/phonenetuk
• Countryside Foundation for Education: www.countrysidefoundation.org.uk
• Equality and Human Rights Commission: www.equalityhumanrights.com
• Make Poverty History: www.makepovertyhistory.org
• Recycle now: www.recyclenow.com (Guide to recycling, including what you can recycle and where to recycle near you)